St Elizabeth’S Place is certified as a Medicare and Medicaid facility and has been approved to provide these services since 2003-04-05. Medicare covers short-term skilled nursing care (typically up to 100 days after a qualifying hospital stay). Medicaid covers long-term care for residents who meet financial eligibility requirements. Contact the facility at (870) 802-0090 or your local Medicaid office to verify current eligibility.

St Elizabeth’S Place holds an overall CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) rating of 3 out of 5 stars. This is made up of three components: Health Inspection (3★), Staffing (3★), and Quality of Resident Care (2★). Our independent composite quality score — which uses the raw underlying CMS numbers to break ties between similarly-rated facilities — is 64.7/100, placing it #10459 of 14703 facilities nationally and #186 of 221 in Arkansas. Star ratings are a useful starting point, but the composite score and individual sub-ratings give a more complete picture for families comparing facilities.

Each resident at St Elizabeth’S Place receives a reported average of 4 hours 16 minutes of total nurse staffing per day. This breaks down as: Registered Nurse (RN) coverage — 22 minutes; Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) — 56 minutes; Nurse Aide — 2 hours 58 minutes. On weekends, total nurse staffing is 3 hours 43 minutes per resident per day. The CMS Staffing Rating for this facility is 3 out of 5. The national average for total nursing hours is approximately 3.5 hrs/day. Total nursing staff turnover is 60.2%. Families are encouraged to ask about current staffing schedules during their facility visit.

In the current reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $92,923. 10 substantiated complaints were recorded across the 5-year period — families should request details from the facility or review CMS inspection findings. In the most recent CMS reporting period, the facility received 2 fine(s) totaling $92,923, and 0 Medicare payment denial(s). Total penalties: 2. The Total Weighted Health Survey Score is 30.0 (lower scores are better). Full inspection history and complaint details are available at medicare.gov/care-compare.

Nationally, St Elizabeth’S Place ranks 10459th out of 14,703 facilities (composite score: 64.7/100), placing it in the below average nationwide. Within AR, it ranks 186th out of 221 nursing homes. In Jonesboro, it ranks 4th out of 4 facilities. Among facilities sharing its ZIP code, it ranks 2nd of 2. For 2026 staffing: total nurse hours rank #3,344 nationally and RN hours rank #11,721 nationally (#111 in AR). Our composite quality score of 64.7/100 weighs health inspections, quality of resident care, staffing hours, compliance record, and five-year performance trends — giving a more complete picture than CMS star ratings alone, which can place hundreds of facilities in the same 5-star bucket. To browse and compare all nursing homes in Jonesboro, visit: https://nursinghomesnearme.org/arkansas/jonesboro/